Reducing disproportionate minority contact : preparation at the local level / Mark Soler and Lisa M. Garry.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Soler, Mark I.

Contributor:

Garry, Lisa M.

United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States.

Juvenile justice, Administration of.

Discrimination in juvenile justice administration--United States.

Discrimination in juvenile justice administration.

Juvenile delinquents--United States.

Juvenile delinquents.

Minority youth--United States.

Minority youth.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

At head of title: DMC, disproportionate minority contact, addressing disproportionate minority contact in juvenile justice

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, [2009]

Summary:

Describes strategies that states and communities can use to reduce disproportionate minority contact with the juvenile justice system. This bulletin is a companion to the latest edition of OJJDP's Disproportionate minority contact technical assistance manual. It includes useful "how to" information drawn from the manual and presents important background on the context in which local preparation takes place--media coverage and public attitudes about crime, race, and youth

Notes:

Title from caption (OJJDP, viewed October 3, 2009).

"A companion to the latest edition of OJJDP's Disproportionate minority contact technical assistance manual, this Bulletin describes strategies that States and communities can use to reduce DMS"--Page 1

"September 2009."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 8-10).

"NCJ 218861"--Page 12

OCLC:

445667144